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Grimsby Getting Walloped
at 20:53 28 Oct 2025

We know how bad Wrexham must be because even we managed to beat them.

I remember standing, applauding and cheering our team for 5 minutes after the final whistle blew because it was such an incredible, unique experience to see us beat another team at St Mary's. It's never happened again. That was our only home league win in the last year.
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Solak
at 20:47 28 Oct 2025

Yes, he seems to have been kicked out of his own business because they didn't trust him to run it properly.
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Sack Will Still Poll
at 10:54 27 Oct 2025

Only players who are currently unemployed, I believe, and for them to not be wanted by anyone, even League 2 clubs, after so many months, means they have serious issues, like long-term injuries or end of career permanent loss of form.

It was frustrating that Still left Oyekunle unused, on the bench, at Blackburn. We might have found out that he is currently the best available centre forward we have in the squad. My biggest criticism of Still is his poor use of substitutes i.e. taking off our best players, when they are the main reason we are controlling the game, and replacing them with the wrong subs.
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Sack Will Still Poll
at 10:02 27 Oct 2025

No, they wouldn't. Which Championship goalkeeper and centre forward do you think McCarthy and Archer are better than?

The stats show that our goalkeepers have THE WORST save percentage in the entire Championship this season. 55.6%. Even Pompey's have 72.3%:

xG stats also indicate that our strikers miss the highest percentage of chances in the league.

https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/keepers/Championship-Stats

With even an average Championship goalkeeper and centre forward, we'd currently be in the top 6. The Blackburn game was the latest in a long line of games we've lost points in because we have the worst goalkeeper and centre forward in the league.
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Sack Will Still Poll
at 09:40 27 Oct 2025

A lot of fans are unsure about this because they don't trust Sport Republic to appoint a better manager. The next one will be the 8th under Sport Republic and there haven't been signs of them improving.

It's also difficult for ANY manager to win games without a proper goalkeeper or centre forward. I don't class McCarthy and Archer as anywhere near adequate at this level, as they wouldn't get into the starting lineup of any other team in the Championship.
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4 wins in 50 games
at 09:35 27 Oct 2025

It is correct and it's an all-time league record, breaking the previous reord of 5 in 50, held by Derby.

We are record breakers!
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Wolves
at 08:51 27 Oct 2025

If we don't win at Fratton Park, we could be 4th, behind Bournemouth, Brighton and them, of the league clubs in our area. I don't think that's ever happened before, but then, neither has a club only winning 4 games out of 50.
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Leo Scienza
at 08:41 27 Oct 2025

The Sport Republic policy is that they'll only be kept here long-term if, like McCarthy, they're not good enough to play for another club. Scienza is obviously good enough, which is why he'll be sold as soon as they receive an offer for him.

The club is run like a used car showroom.

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Leo Scienza
at 21:47 26 Oct 2025

He'll be sold asap.
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AFC Bournemouth
at 16:06 26 Oct 2025

They won again today.

A quarter of the way through the season, and the top 3 are Arsenal, Bournemouth and Sunderland.
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Royston Barney-Smith
at 12:03 26 Oct 2025

He is the new European Super Featherweight champion.

He beat Danny Quartermaine at Wembley last night to go 15-0 and win his IBF and WBO European titles. Ryan Garner is the EBU champion. We could well see a world title fight one day between these 2 undefeated Southampton boxers.

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New manager odds
at 10:22 26 Oct 2025

EFL Championship-Winning Managers (2015–2025)

2014–15 Eddie Howe Bournemouth
2015–16 Sean Dyche Burnley
2016–17 Rafael Benitez Newcastle United
2017–18 Nuno Espírito Santo Wolverhampton Wanderers
2018–19 Daniel Farke Norwich City
2019–20 Marcelo Bielsa Leeds United
2020–21 Daniel Farke Norwich City
2021–22 Marco Silva Fulham
2022–23 Vincent Kompany Burnley
2023–24 Enzo Maresca Leicester C
2024-25 Daniel Farke Leeds United

Leeds knew what they were doing when they appointed Farke; Sport Republic don't: they appoint managers who've finished mid-table. So, it's no surprise we don't win anything.

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What next?
at 09:44 26 Oct 2025

They do: their next big player sale in the summer. Scienza and possibly Robinson will be next summer's equivalent of Fernandes and Dibling. They've found that attacking midfielders are best for player trading, so they'll buy more of them next summer and repeat.
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Leicester City
at 09:40 26 Oct 2025

These points deductions aren't distributed fairly. They only give them to the most vulnerable clubs, who they know don't have the resources to challenge them, so the likes of Man City and probably Leicester too are immune.
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What next?
at 09:29 26 Oct 2025

Matt makes a very good point. Until we get a proper goalkeeper and centre forward, we will, at best, just muddle along in the bottom half of the table, whether we change the manager or not.

In the January transfer window, we really need someone other than Spors and Ankersen making the decisions. The problem is that in the last window, they did what they set out to do, found a player, Scienza, they can sell for a big profit in the summer. Until team building, rather than player trading, becomes a priority for Sport Republic, results won't improve.
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If I was Dragan Solak…
at 21:09 25 Oct 2025

Loss of control and defeat:

"There is no management crisis whatsoever, but rather a fabrication by Solak to regain his influence and income at United Group.”

https://www.eureporter.co/lifestyle/media/2025/10/21/european-media-dragan-solak
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We are Record Breakers!
at 19:16 25 Oct 2025

"The game plan seemes to be if we score one goal thats it just try to hang on."

Yes, perhaps the reason for taking Scienza off and bringing Stephens on was sheer panic.
Unfotunately, it had the effect that panic usually does.
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Experienced Known Manager next time please
at 17:20 25 Oct 2025

Who would want to come here now, to be Sport Republic's 8th manager? We'll get some right chancers lining up and Sport Republic have shown they know how to pick them.
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We are Record Breakers!
at 17:10 25 Oct 2025

Sport Republic's recruitment has been a disaster for us, but in Scienza they have got what they want: a player they can sell for a big fee in the summer.

That's all it's about for them.
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Blackburn Game Matchday Thread
at 16:58 25 Oct 2025

This second half has been an absolute shambles. We thought Blackburn were the worst team in the league on current form, but they're not; we are.
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